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The Carthaginians traced roots to Phoenician Semitic cities like Tyre and Arqa. Sources from Josephus to Ibn Manzur and Abu al-Fida describe Canaanites as descendants of Shem, with Phoenicians as their line. Thus Carthage is viewed as a Semitic Phoenician civilization. THREAD 🧵 
Phoenicians 🇱🇧 built fortified temples with courtyards and bi-portal facades. They are said to have helped build Solomon’s Temple. Reliefs of Sennacherib show decorated city windows. They built strong walls, ports (cothons), bridges, and cities like Tyre, Arwad, and Carthage.
Carthage, a Phoenician state, was a Western Mediterranean power with a large fleet and trade empire. It used naval rams, produced thinkers like Cleitomachus, and Phoenicians built 183 ports across the Mediterranean, North Africa, and Spain.
BREAKING: I’m told that Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons submitted his resignation to DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin today. He will be staying on until May 31st to help with the transition. He oversaw roughly 584,000 ICE deportations since President Trump’s inauguration, and plans to go into the private sector and spend more time with his family.
Lyons has served in ICE for nearly 20 years, and previously served in the U.S. Air Force & as a city police officer. He is close with Tom Homan and has the respect of the ICE rank & file.
Finding his replacement will be one of DHS Secretary Mullin’s first big tasks.
Lyons has served in ICE for nearly 20 years, and previously served in the U.S. Air Force & as a city police officer. He is close with Tom Homan and has the respect of the ICE rank & file.
Finding his replacement will be one of DHS Secretary Mullin’s first big tasks.
This is not unexpected. I’ve heard from many sources for quite some time that Lyons has wanted to spend more time with his family. One of his sons will be in his last year of high school later this year. Lyons plans to finish out until 5/31 and assist with transition.
Statement to @FoxNews via DHS Secretary Mullin:
“Director Lyons has been a great leader of ICE and key player in helping the Trump administration remove murderers, rapists, pedophiles, terrorists, and gang members from American communities. He jumpstarted an agency that had not been allowed to do its job for four years. Thanks to his leadership, American communities are safer.
We wish him luck on his next opportunity in the private sector. His last day is May 31, 2026.”
“Director Lyons has been a great leader of ICE and key player in helping the Trump administration remove murderers, rapists, pedophiles, terrorists, and gang members from American communities. He jumpstarted an agency that had not been allowed to do its job for four years. Thanks to his leadership, American communities are safer.
We wish him luck on his next opportunity in the private sector. His last day is May 31, 2026.”
Ben Roberts-Smith bail hearing - I am sitting in court room reporting to you LIVE
There are over fifty journalists packed in the court room
Ben Roberts-Smith just appeared on live stream to the court - he is sitting clean shaven in a green jumper with a stoic expression
His first words ''Thank you, your honour''
His parents are sitting in the front row of the court
There are over fifty journalists packed in the court room
Ben Roberts-Smith just appeared on live stream to the court - he is sitting clean shaven in a green jumper with a stoic expression
His first words ''Thank you, your honour''
His parents are sitting in the front row of the court
Ben Roberts-Smith's lawyers: ''This prosection will take many, many years.''
''This is unchartered territory for the Commonwealth.''
''The proceedings will be beset with a multitude of delays ... delays if the OSI decide to charge other soldiers with the same incidents ... which would result in applications to join proceedings.''
''It is very likely in due course a superior court may need to consider whether the extraordinary pre-trial publicity in relation to this case - publicity which has persisted for years and continues to persist - means that a fair trial is not possible.''
''Fundamentally the fairness of these proceedings will be compromised if the applicant has to defend himself from remand custody - if the applicant is in custody there is no way that any area of the prison will be able to be cleared for an area where the applicant will be able to access evidence.''
''He won't be able to speak openly with his lawyers, to prepare for his court appearances and his defence''
''This is unchartered territory for the Commonwealth.''
''The proceedings will be beset with a multitude of delays ... delays if the OSI decide to charge other soldiers with the same incidents ... which would result in applications to join proceedings.''
''It is very likely in due course a superior court may need to consider whether the extraordinary pre-trial publicity in relation to this case - publicity which has persisted for years and continues to persist - means that a fair trial is not possible.''
''Fundamentally the fairness of these proceedings will be compromised if the applicant has to defend himself from remand custody - if the applicant is in custody there is no way that any area of the prison will be able to be cleared for an area where the applicant will be able to access evidence.''
''He won't be able to speak openly with his lawyers, to prepare for his court appearances and his defence''
Ben Roberts-Smith's lawyers: ''THE FACTS MAKE REPEATED REFERENCE TO THE DEFAMATION PROCEEDINGS.''
THESE WERE NOT CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS.
THEY WERE DECIDED ON A BODY OF EVIDENCE THAT WILL BE NOTHING LIKE THE BODY OF EVIDENCE IN THIS CASE.''
THESE WERE NOT CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS.
THEY WERE DECIDED ON A BODY OF EVIDENCE THAT WILL BE NOTHING LIKE THE BODY OF EVIDENCE IN THIS CASE.''
It was an honor to represent Secretary Hegseth yesterday at a productive session of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group. Our European allies must take primary responsibility for their continent’s security by expanding their industrial capacity and leading on support to Ukraine. 1/
Have also enjoyed recent productive engagements with NATO Chief of Staff @leeuwengew, Mike Needham @CounselorDOS, and Matt Whitaker @USAMBNATO as we at the DoW work to put the Alliance on a stronger and more durable footing.
Some key points from my remarks at the UDCG below.🧵2/
Some key points from my remarks at the UDCG below.🧵2/
“We must be clear-eyed about the gravity of the current moment: Europe must accelerate its assumption of primary responsibility for the conventional defense of the continent. This is not a matter of choice, but of strategic necessity.” 3/
🧵🔥👀 YOU CANT UNSEE IT. MIKE BENZ HAS A “HOLY SH*T” MOMENT.
WHO IS AVRIL GAINES???
This is the strongest circumstantial evidence that there was foreknowledge at bare minimum IMO of the pandemic. If you watch ANYTHING all the way through this week watch this.
What if I told you she was Obama’s former deputy Director of the CIA … under Brennan. Gets crazier.. She was on a panel for a CORONAVIRUS SIMULATOR was playing out at the SAME TIME the Wuhan Games was going on in Oct 2019. It was funded by BILL GATES.
Present there were all the Pharma execs… former deputy Director of the CIA Avril Haines. One of the topics was RUNNING A SOCIAL MEDIA CENSORSHIP SIMULATOR to stop the spread of MISINFORMATION online .
Who else was in attendance? GEORGE GAO who is the director of the Chinese CDC. Now why would HE be there if this was for a simulation based on a virus that started in Brazil?? Why was there not a SINGLE REPRESENTATIVE FROM SOUTH AMERICA PRESENT?
Now what if I told you that after BIDEN “WON” following Covid leading to the ushering in of mail ins and MASS SOCIAL MEDIA CENSORSHIP about the virus ….that she helped wargame A YEAR BEFORE… that BIDEN made her head of the DNI … she was Tulsi Gabbard’s predecessor.
@MikeBenzCyber absolutely blew my mind. Wait til you see where she was LAST MONTH and who she was WITH. 🧵👇🏻 Every one of these videos will red pill you like you have NEVER BEEN.
WHO IS AVRIL GAINES???
This is the strongest circumstantial evidence that there was foreknowledge at bare minimum IMO of the pandemic. If you watch ANYTHING all the way through this week watch this.
What if I told you she was Obama’s former deputy Director of the CIA … under Brennan. Gets crazier.. She was on a panel for a CORONAVIRUS SIMULATOR was playing out at the SAME TIME the Wuhan Games was going on in Oct 2019. It was funded by BILL GATES.
Present there were all the Pharma execs… former deputy Director of the CIA Avril Haines. One of the topics was RUNNING A SOCIAL MEDIA CENSORSHIP SIMULATOR to stop the spread of MISINFORMATION online .
Who else was in attendance? GEORGE GAO who is the director of the Chinese CDC. Now why would HE be there if this was for a simulation based on a virus that started in Brazil?? Why was there not a SINGLE REPRESENTATIVE FROM SOUTH AMERICA PRESENT?
Now what if I told you that after BIDEN “WON” following Covid leading to the ushering in of mail ins and MASS SOCIAL MEDIA CENSORSHIP about the virus ….that she helped wargame A YEAR BEFORE… that BIDEN made her head of the DNI … she was Tulsi Gabbard’s predecessor.
@MikeBenzCyber absolutely blew my mind. Wait til you see where she was LAST MONTH and who she was WITH. 🧵👇🏻 Every one of these videos will red pill you like you have NEVER BEEN.
🧵🔥 UNREAL.. Mike Benz notes that the Head of the Chinese CDC GAO & Former CIA Deputy Director Avril Haines JUST HAPPENED to be seated DIRECTLY next to each other at a PANDEMIC SIMULATION on how to combat misinformation such as
“This was man made” .
Thing was 2 MONTHS prior to outbreak of the virus and the simulation was based around SOUTH AMERICA virus but not a single representative was there from S. America. 🧵👇🏻
“This was man made” .
Thing was 2 MONTHS prior to outbreak of the virus and the simulation was based around SOUTH AMERICA virus but not a single representative was there from S. America. 🧵👇🏻
🧵🔥 How does someone go from a physics student who repaired car engines in their spare time end up dropping out of a doctoral program to buy a bar that was seized by the government that was turned into a bookstore to get a JD from Georgetown and end up being THE OBAMA DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE CIA UNDER BRENNAN IN 15 years???
@MikeBenzCyber breaks down that she m then go to work as a mercenary (CENSORS IN EXHILE) for NATO/PENTAGON funded “RESEARCH” groups that were war gaming MEDIA CENSORSHIP. Then right back but now as the HEAD OF DNI UNDER BIDEN.
Are we getting it? 🧵👇🏻 Where was she last week?
@MikeBenzCyber breaks down that she m then go to work as a mercenary (CENSORS IN EXHILE) for NATO/PENTAGON funded “RESEARCH” groups that were war gaming MEDIA CENSORSHIP. Then right back but now as the HEAD OF DNI UNDER BIDEN.
Are we getting it? 🧵👇🏻 Where was she last week?
When Pope Leo chooses to embrace his Muslim brothers while doing little about the Catholics and Christians being mass murdered by Islamic violence, and refuses to support Israel facing the same existential threat,
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Meme via Terrence K Williams
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Meme via Terrence K Williams
he loses not only credibility on the world political stage but more importantly from his Catholic flock. Many are leaving the Catholic Church or refusing to financially support it.
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He seems to ignore that when the Messiah comes, he will be leading from Eretz Yisrael. He would be far better off to stay in his religious lane and stay out of politics.
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1/12 Only one BIG problem with this. Trump has already vowed he will pardon "anyone who has ever been within 10 feet of him". SOMETHING needs to be done with the Presidential pardon rule, as Trump has SERIOUSLY violated pardon protocol. The U.S. President has the constitutional
2/12 power to grant pardons at any time after the crime is committed, without restriction by Congress OR the judiciary. Applicants usually must meet certain criteria, such as completing their sentence, including prison, parole, or probation. For federal pardons, there is
3/12 generally a FIVE YEAR waiting period after sentence completion before applying through the Department of Justice. The pardon process involves submitting an application to the appropriate authority, either the President via the Department of Justice for federal cases or a
Ira Jacobson wrote: WELCOME TO MAMDANI'S NEW YORK
Big time shame on the NY Mets and its owners Steve and Alex Cohen!! (cowards)
JEWISH HERITAGE NIGHT CANCELED AT CITI FIELD
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Big time shame on the NY Mets and its owners Steve and Alex Cohen!! (cowards)
JEWISH HERITAGE NIGHT CANCELED AT CITI FIELD
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HERITAGE NIGHTS
Italian Heritage ✓
Puerto Rican Heritage✓
Black legacy Night✓
Pride Night✓
Japanese Heritage✓
Dominican Republic Heritage ✓
Korean Heritage ✓
Irish Heritage ✓
Mexican Heritage ✓
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Italian Heritage ✓
Puerto Rican Heritage✓
Black legacy Night✓
Pride Night✓
Japanese Heritage✓
Dominican Republic Heritage ✓
Korean Heritage ✓
Irish Heritage ✓
Mexican Heritage ✓
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THANK YOU TO THE BROOKLYN CYCLONES FOR STEPPING UP.
***May 3rd in Brooklyn,,, Jewish Celebration Day. TI
18 Holocaust survivors - special ceremonial first pitch.
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***May 3rd in Brooklyn,,, Jewish Celebration Day. TI
18 Holocaust survivors - special ceremonial first pitch.
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Each time Alberta has established an Electoral Boundaries Commission to redraw election maps the government has accepted the commission’s majority report, so I was surprised and disappointed to learn that a committee of MLAs has instead been tasked with creating a new map. /1
As a member of Alberta’s Electoral Boundaries Commission, I wanted to share some background on why we give independent commissions the job of creating election maps and also provide some details on what’s in the majority report. /2
In Canada, we don’t want elected officials drawing their own election maps. Instead, governments give independent commissions the job of drawing maps that reflect population trends while also respecting the challenges of representing diverse, rural and remote communities. /3
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The Welsh Greens leader @as_penarth wants to be elected to the Senedd next month.
Yet in a frankly imbecilic response to a superb question from a woman at the BBC Your Voice event in Llandudno this week, Anthony Slaughter trots out the tired old trope that women’s rights are a 'culture war'.
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The Welsh Greens leader @as_penarth wants to be elected to the Senedd next month.
Yet in a frankly imbecilic response to a superb question from a woman at the BBC Your Voice event in Llandudno this week, Anthony Slaughter trots out the tired old trope that women’s rights are a 'culture war'.
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How dare you speak up about your rights, you meanie women! According to Anthony, you are ‘bad faith actors’ because you won’t just roll over and submit to men.
This tired old misogyny really has to stop.
Women happen to have rights too Anthony. We are not support animals for men. And we don't want to have men in our single-sex spaces. The law agrees with us. Deal with it. Or meet with us and we'll explain it to you.
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This tired old misogyny really has to stop.
Women happen to have rights too Anthony. We are not support animals for men. And we don't want to have men in our single-sex spaces. The law agrees with us. Deal with it. Or meet with us and we'll explain it to you.
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Anthony talks fretfully about ‘human beings’ and those who are 'vulnerable' but seems to totally forget that women are human beings too, and that we are uniquely vulnerable to men in situations where sex matters. That doesn't matter to him clearly.
We happen to have rights.
We have the vote now too
Bad news for you Anthony. Because we intend to use it.
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We happen to have rights.
We have the vote now too
Bad news for you Anthony. Because we intend to use it.
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Kate Middleton's "sister" Pippa is trans ♀️➡️♂️ #EGI.
Watch how they walk ♀️🔁♂️.
This is the "brother", James Middleton.
"I’m not — because I think moral truths require a foundation beyond human opinion."
I do to. I am not basing anything on opinion.
I have clearly stated that morality is based on objective reality.
Evolution gives us a clue in moral intuition. This have developed over a billion years of life finding ways to survive.
Humans have added consciousness, reason, and logic. These can lead to preferences, but do not have to lead to preferences. This is where objective reality is important.
I do to. I am not basing anything on opinion.
I have clearly stated that morality is based on objective reality.
Evolution gives us a clue in moral intuition. This have developed over a billion years of life finding ways to survive.
Humans have added consciousness, reason, and logic. These can lead to preferences, but do not have to lead to preferences. This is where objective reality is important.
"As for “God isn’t verifiable” — not everything real is scientifically testable. You can’t run a lab experiment on consciousness, logic, or moral truth either, yet you rely on them constantly. So that standard is inconsistent."
Everything real is testable. You can infer it, observe it, reason it. Why do you limit verifiable to *narrow* extent of scientific truth known as lab experiment. Thousands of field scientists, who have never done lab experiments, have established theories without a lab.
And, you can run a lab experiment on consciousness. We can detect thoughts and decisions in the human brain before you are consciously aware of them -- these are very deep structures in the human brain.
Moral truth can be tested in behavior -- how do people react? (Not how do they report thinking about reacting, though that is insightful, too.) It can also be tested by logic -- make sure that your premises are true, that you logic has consistent rules, then think it through.
Just because I have not exhaustively explained it to you in this limited medium doesn't mean it is inconsistent.
Perhaps there is some aspect you haven't considered or observed yet. There are at least a million threads here that we will not exhaust.
I do not rely on revelation.
I do not rely on negotiating ancient texts to make them relevant to my current situation. (I can understand them in context and perhaps see how they are beneficial in their own place and time.)
Everything real is testable. You can infer it, observe it, reason it. Why do you limit verifiable to *narrow* extent of scientific truth known as lab experiment. Thousands of field scientists, who have never done lab experiments, have established theories without a lab.
And, you can run a lab experiment on consciousness. We can detect thoughts and decisions in the human brain before you are consciously aware of them -- these are very deep structures in the human brain.
Moral truth can be tested in behavior -- how do people react? (Not how do they report thinking about reacting, though that is insightful, too.) It can also be tested by logic -- make sure that your premises are true, that you logic has consistent rules, then think it through.
Just because I have not exhaustively explained it to you in this limited medium doesn't mean it is inconsistent.
Perhaps there is some aspect you haven't considered or observed yet. There are at least a million threads here that we will not exhaust.
I do not rely on revelation.
I do not rely on negotiating ancient texts to make them relevant to my current situation. (I can understand them in context and perhaps see how they are beneficial in their own place and time.)
"And when you say, “If great minds haven’t solved it, we won’t,” that’s not an argument — it’s a dismissal. By that logic, we shouldn’t talk about consciousness, free will, or the origin of the universe either."
Yes, we should not care to discuss the underlying philosophical circular arguments that someone always descends to. Stepping down a level to dismantle an argument is not honest.
I have taken for granted that I am conscious.
I have taken for granted that have (apparent) free will.
I have assumed the very best evidence we have for the origin of the universe by stating "there is no evidence for a god"
These are side-line debates or arguments that derail the discussion.
Yes, we should not care to discuss the underlying philosophical circular arguments that someone always descends to. Stepping down a level to dismantle an argument is not honest.
I have taken for granted that I am conscious.
I have taken for granted that have (apparent) free will.
I have assumed the very best evidence we have for the origin of the universe by stating "there is no evidence for a god"
These are side-line debates or arguments that derail the discussion.
